November 22, 2007

Renin: A new approach

When Soren Anderson opened his morning newspaper recently, he noticed a headline about an award-winning new medicine. As he read the article, Soren grew intrigued by the thought that this new medicine that fights high blood pressure in a unique way might help in his long fight against the disease.

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August 13, 2007

NITD: Rejuvenating Research in Neglected Diseases

The Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), part of Novartis Corporate Research, set out five years ago to apply leading-edge tools of biomedical research to tropical diseases such as dengue fever and tuberculosis that take a daunting toll among patients in the developing world.

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June 26, 2007

Novartis and leading research organizations join forces to fight Dengue fever

As part of the Singapore Dengue Consortium, the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) and 10 other scientific bodies will share information and findings to better understand the virus which causes fever, severe joint pain and in some cases hemorrhage, shock and death.

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April 17, 2007

Coartem in Africa: Gaining Momentum on the Ground

The main battleground is Africa, where malaria kills more than a million people every year, mainly pregnant women and children younger than five years of age. “Malaria is more than an ordinary disease on this continent,” says the Honorable Richard Nduhura, Uganda’s Minister of State for Health.

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